Newsom must dump fossil fuels to fight climate change
By 970design
In 1966, when smog obscured the Los Angeles skyline and residents choked on noxious fumes, California enacted the country’s first clean air law. In 1970,…
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Actor Ted Danson and philanthropist Wendy Schmidt are fighting to save our oceans
By 970design
Wendy Schmidt describes her philanthropy and investing as focusing on the interconnections between human activity, the land we live on, and the oceans we depend…
Meet the ocean activists using their own money to study the seas and combat climate change
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Wendy and Eric Schmidt, Kjell Inge Røkke, Andrew and Nicola Forrest, Victor Vescovo and Agnès Troublé are among those who have formed the loose coalition, comprised mainly of privately funded institutions,…
To combat COVID-19, we needed fast science. Fighting climate change will take time—and funding.
By 970design
It can be easy to forget as more COVID-19 vaccines are used every day that the incredible speed with which these vaccines were developed is…
Philanthropy Awards, 2022
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High-dollar philanthropists made a lot of headlines in 2022, but not in ways they might have hoped. Between the widely reported Sam Bankman-Fried fiasco, Zuck’s…
The Philanthropy 50
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Year Rank Total giving Biggest Gift(s) 2024 13 $250,000,000 Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation ($249 million) and Schmidt Family Foundation ($1 million)…
Broad Institute launches new initiative to fight disease with artificial intelligence
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The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is launching a new, $300 million initiative that applies advanced computer science to some of the hardest problems…
Changing the system
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Like many people who grew up during the 1970s, Wendy Schmidt watched The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. She followed that great explorer and conservationist into the…
Bringing biology and AI together
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We’re betting that artificial intelligence will help speed real breakthroughs to improve human health. Life and computer sciences have long moved in parallel. In…
Composting should be your 2022 New Year’s resolution. Here’s why.
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Composting recycles food waste so that it isn’t waste at all. Compost makes excellent top soil, which in turn absorbs carbon, helping to cool our…